Selma, Missouri

Selma Hall also known as Selma Farm and Kennett Castle is a historic mansion and estate located in Jefferson County, Missouri along the Mississippi River. The mansion was designed in the style of Castello di Vezio by George I. Barnett and constructed in 1854 at a cost of $125,000 for Ferdinand Kennett. The mansion features a four-story tower constructed from locally quarried limestone by slave labor. Kennett and his brother Luther Kennett owned nearby lead mines, shot towers for the manufacture of bullets, steamboats, and slaves. The land was given to Ferdinand’s wife, Julia (née Deaderick), by her grandfather John Smith T, a wealthy lead miner and famous duelist. Ferdinand died in the mansion in 1861 before it was nearly destroyed during the Civil War by gun boats that fired upon the easy target from the Mississippi River below. The mansion was restored to its original appearance only to be destroyed again by fire in 1939, leading to a second restoration by then owner William O. Schock.Before the mansion was owned by Schock, it passed from Robert Brookings to W. K. Cavanaugh. The mansion and property was purchased by the Mississippi River Fuel Corporation in 1952 for $450,000 and it was used a conference center. The Mississippi River Fuel Corporation owned a controlling interest in the Missouri Pacific Railroad which was eventually purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982 who also used the mansion as a corporate retreat and conference center. In 2020, Union Pacific decided to cut costs and attempted to sell the property and adjacent 18-hole golf course for $25 million, the property sold for an undisclosed amount to an anonymous LLC in June 2021.

Rush Tower is a locale in southeast Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri.The site sits adjacent to Harlow Island in the Mississippi River floodplain approximately 2.5 miles east of Selma on Missouri Route AA. Muddy Creek flows into the river at the location.

Danby is an unincorporated community in southeast Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.The community is adjacent to the west side of I-55 approximately nine miles southeast of Festus. Isle du Bois Creek, which forms the border between Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve counties, flows past approximately 1.5 miles south of the community.

Plattin Township is an inactive township in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Plattin Township takes its name from Plattin Creek.

Festus Memorial Airport (ICAO: KFES, FAA LID: FES) was a privately owned, public-use, individual airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Festus, a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport was assigned FES by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.

Plattin Creek is a stream in northeastern St. Francois and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.The headwaters arise in St. Francois County at 37°59′00″N 90°22′18″W and it flows to the north past the community of Koester to enter Jefferson County. It continues to the north passing the community of Plattin and passing under US Route 61 and I-55 at the south edge of Festus. The stream veers to the east and enters the Mississippi southeast of Crystal City at 38°12′55″N 90°21′35″W at an elevation of 390 feet.Plattin Creek most likely derives its name from nearby La Platte Mine.

Plattin is an unincorporated community in southeast Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.The community is located on the west side of the Plattin Creek floodplain approximately six miles south of Festus.

Dry Fork is a stream in Jefferson, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Plattin Creek.The stream headwaters arise in eastern St. Francois County at 37°59′40″N 90°22′05″W at an elevation of about 1040 feet. The stream flows to the northeast into Ste. Genevieve County just north of the Goose Creek Lake community. The stream flows north through the west portion of Ste. Genevieve County and enters Jefferson County. It enters Plattin Creek just north of the Missouri Route T bridge at 38°05′42″N 90°23′51″W.Dry Fork was named for the fact it often runs dry.

Crystal City is a city in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of St. Louis. The population was 4,855 at the 2010 census. It was 4,740 at the 2020 census. Crystal City and its neighbor Festus are often collectively known as the "Twin Cities".

Crystal City High School is a high school in Crystal City, Missouri and the only high school in Crystal City 47 Public Schools.

Chaflin Bridge is an unincorporated community in the historic Mitchie Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It lies on the old Bluff Road in the American Bottoms between Fults and the old site of Valmeyer and near Maeystown.

Festus is a city situated in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States, and is also a suburb of St. Louis. It had a population of 12,706 individuals as of the 2020 census.